Improved window-shade fixture



l erence dnitrd gisten @miette GEORGE n. HoLZACrL'or vNew ORLEANS; Lonisrarwi.y

Letters Patent No. 95,349,

dated September 28,

IMPROVED WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

IThe Schedule-referred to in tlrepe Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Beit known that l, GEORGE B. HoLzAoH, of the city of Nev/. Orleans, parish ofOrleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new,useful, and

l 4improved Mode of Hanging and Operating Window.

'dow, or any sectiony of 'either half, or of the whole iwindow, be covered or screened by the shade, accordingly as the .convenience of the-inmates ofthe roorn or house into which -tlre wi ndow looks, may make it desirable. y f

My invention consists of-,a transverse-sliding jbar', that is so adjusted within the frame of the window, as to be readily moved up and down therein, by proper appliances, upon `which is secured an ordinary roller, to .which the shade is attachedin any ordinary manner. But my invention will be better understood by refto the drawing, which clearly'indicates itsv nature ,l

On the drawing-. .Y l A represents a window-frame, 'across which is fitted and placed, a sliding'bar, B, that, through the agency of pipperly-fo'rmedextremities'and grooves or rebates, or some otherequivalent arrangement in the two sides of the window-frame, isreadily movable, whilst pre-- serving a horizontal orlevel position, from thetop lto the bottom of the window, and mce crsa. v

Any proper'nrechanical arrangement .which will 'allow the bar B tobe moved and adj-usted'to any point between the tivo extremities ofthe window wouldf be regarded by me as an equivaient 'of that shown on the drawings, and'cqually open to be used by ine. n To the bar B, by means of brackets a a', a shaderoller, 0,isl secured, and to this roller a shade,'1)', is

fastened at its upper end, by any usual means.

lwofeordsab/Q afford the rrcans for raising, lowering, and holding the har Bto'zrmtirtarrydesteedposition, for, as an inspection of the drawing will show,

they are connected at' one end .to the said bar, eitlrerby being tied around .the brackets afa', as shown, on

Iby boing secureildireetly to the bar itself, by any"v proper means, and pass over grooved pulleys at the top of the window, as shou-'lrat v d c.

These cords are to be adjusted so as to hold the bar' horizontally, and a weight, 4, being fastened to them,

` as shown, Awhich just balances the weight of thehar and its attachmentait is easy to perceive that 'said bar can be readily moved up or down by pulling down or lifting up said weight, and also that itwill remain wherever placed, by the counterbalance ofthe weight E. The cords d e 'may be exposed, as shown, or, with the pulleys onwlrich they operate, they may be hidi den'in properly-donned recesses in the window-frame.

An endless oord, f, which vpasses over or around groove-pulleys g h, placedy respectively at the top and" bottoni of the frame A, and encircling, by oney or two turns, -a pulley, 5,1011 the roller O, operates the shade' D, and regulates its fall conformably to the position ofthe' bar B with relation to the top and bottom of the window.y A s The drawing'shows the har `1? at or near the centre of the frameA,-and in proper position, therefore, to un= screen thehpper half of the window. A further depression w'ould obviously enlarge-the-A mislmded space in the same upper section ofthe window, whilst lby "elevating it to the top of the frame, and rolling up the shade, any-portion ofthe window, beginning from the bottom, will beunscreened. It will be further observed, that my inventionv provides for covering with the shade, any part of the win-- dow, from, top to bottom, by a widerv 'or narrower cross-screen, as may be desired, and that vin whatever' position the bar B be placed, the whole ofthe shade maybe rolled up, and the whole window -unscreer'red 1"t will be observed that Lernploy no spring' whatf ,ever-in connection with my improvement.

,.,g'ne among inany advantages resulting vention lis that it allow the upper sashof'a window to beopen'ed for purposes of ventilation without 'tak- A ing oli' the shade from the lower part, and thus-screens l, the inmates of a'lonse from' observation, whilst` giv.

ingvtlrerrr the fullzbenet of fresh air.

Having thus described. my invention, What Iclaim, and desire tosecure by ent, 'is- .llre meansherein described, consistingrof an. endless Y* cord,- f,lin connectionlviith its attachment to the roller'- v(l andthecord b c,'an d its connectiorrwith the crosshanffpn.yiri`iliug and nnwindng'tlre shade upon its roller, simultaneously with;v theraising anddowering ofthe supporting and 'carrying-bar, subttantially van f .hv'cfor'e-described.A -4 f v encuen B. HoLzAcH.

Witnesses: *I

Rurus R. Briones, H. N. J umass.

from my iii-- Letters'- rat- 

